China national under-20 football team

China U-20
Association	Chinese Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Dejan Đurđević
FIFA code	CHN
First colours	Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1983)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1985)
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Appearances	18 (first in 1975)
Best result	Champions (1985)

The China national under-20 football team, also known as the China Youth Team (国青队), represents the People's Republic of China in international football competitions in the FIFA U-20 World Cup and the AFC Youth Championship, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments. It is governed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA).

History

In 2017, the under-20 team began playing in the Regionalliga Südwest, a fourth-division German league, as part of an agreement between the two countries. The team would play friendly matches to fill in for the missing 20th club in the league's schedule.^[1] During the team's match on 17 November against TSV Schott Mainz, the display of a Tibetan flag led to the team walking off in protest.^[2] In the aftermath, all upcoming friendly matches were cancelled.^[3]

On 28 September 2018, China U-19 Yellow (B team) was organised as support for the national under-20 football team. Serbian manager Aleksandar Janković was appointed the first head coach of the team^[4]

Honours

AFC Youth Championship

Winners (1): 1985

Runners-up (3): 1982, 1996, 2004

Third-places (2): 1966, 2000

East Asian Games

Winners (1): 2005

Third-places (2): 1993, 1997

Competition history

FIFA World Youth Championship / FIFA U-20 World Cup record

Year	Result	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A
1977 to 1981	DNE	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1983	First round	12	3	1	0	2	5	8
1985	Quarter-finalist	7	4	2	0	2	5	5
1987 to 1995	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1997	First round	18	3	0	2	1	2	3
1999	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001	Last 16	15	4	1	1	2	2	3
2003	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005	Last 16	10	4	3	0	1	11	7
2007 to 2023	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2025	TBD	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	-	-	18	7	3	8	25	26

* DNE = Did not enter; DNQ = Did not qualify; Pos = Position; P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against.
* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC U-19 Championship/AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1959 to 1974	DNP^{[note 1]}
1975	Quarterfinals	5	2	2	1	6	3
1976	Quarterfinals	4	1	2	1	7	8
1977	DNP
1978	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	3	4
1980	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
1982	Runners-up	3	1	2	0	4	3
1985	Champions	3	2	1	0	5	3
1986	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
1988	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	3	9
1990 to 1994	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
1996	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	16	9
1998	Group Stage	4	1	1	2	7	8
2000	3rd Place	6	3	2	1	7	5
2002	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	7	10
2004	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	10	3
2006	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	5	3
2008	Quarterfinals	4	2	2	0	9	1
2010	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	6	4
2012	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	5
2014	Quarterfinals	4	1	2	1	5	6
2016	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	0	3
2018	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	2	2
~~2020~~	DNQ and cancelled	–	–	–	–	–	–
2023	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	5	6
2025	Qualified as hosts
Total		76	31	19	26	109	95

DNP : Did not participate
DNQ : Did not qualify

Toulon Tournament

Torneo di Viareggio

2019 Torneo di Viareggio

Recent matches

2023

3 March AFC U-20 Asian Cup GS	Japan	2–1	China	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15:00 UST +05:00	Kumata 66', 70'	Report	Tanaka 6' (o.g.)	Stadium: JAR Stadium Attendance: 251 Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

6 March AFC U-20 Asian Cup GS	China	2–0	Saudi Arabia	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 UST +05:00	Iminqari 65' Xu Bin 72'	Report		Stadium: Milliy Stadium Attendance: 325 Referee: Yahya Al-Mulla (UAE)

9 March AFC U-20 Asian Cup GS	China	1–1	Kyrgyzstan	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 UST +05:00	Bekberdinov 58' (o.g.)	Report	Zhenishbekov 87'	Stadium: JAR Stadium Attendance: 235 Referee: Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait)

12 March AFC U-20 Asian Cup QF	South Korea	3–1 (a.e.t.)	China	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15:00 UST +05:00	Kim Yong-hak 62' (pen.) Sung Jin-young 100' Choi Seok-hyun 105'	Report	Iminqari 48'	Stadium: JAR Stadium Attendance: 467 Referee: Yahya Al-Mulla (UAE)

1 June Friendly	Croatia	1–1	China	Velika Gorica, Croatia
	Ševelj 90+2'	Report	Zhu Qiwen 69'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik

3 June Friendly	Croatia	4–1	China	Velika Gorica, Croatia
17:30	Šego 54' Barišić 68' Bušnja 82', 86'	Report	Zhu Yue 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik

2024

22 March Friendly	Indonesia	1–1	China	Jakarta, Indonesia
20:30 UTC+7	Figo 90+1' (pen.)		Peng Xiao 14'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium

25 March Friendly	China	1–1	Indonesia	Jakarta, Indonesia
19:30 UTC+7	Zhong Wen 86'		Ji Da-bin 90+1'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium

30 May Friendly	China	2–0	Myanmar	Hebei, China
--:-- UTC+8	Wang Yudong Ning Fangze			Stadium: Xianghe National Football Training Base

1 June Friendly	China	3–1	Myanmar	Hebei, China
--:-- UTC+8	Qu Geping Ning Fangze Wang Yudong		Shi Songchen o.g'	Stadium: Xianghe National Football Training Base

4 June Weinan International Tournament	China	1–0	Vietnam	Weinan, China
19:35 UTC+8	Wang Yudong 10'			Stadium: Weinan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Kun Ai (China)

8 June Weinan International Tournament	Uzbekistan	0–0	China	Weinan, China
19:35 UTC+8				Stadium: Weinan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Du Jianxin (China)

10 June Weinan International Tournament	China	2–0	South Korea	Weinan, China
19:35 UTC+8	Liu Chengyu 78', 90'			Stadium: Weinan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Jin Jingyuan (China)

Squad

Current coaches

Team manager	Ren Ziqian
Head coach	Dejan Đurđević
Assistant coach	Wan Houliang Slobodan Ristić
Trainer	Dong Xuesheng
Goalkeeper coach	Li Leilei
Team doctor	Feng Sheyang

Current squad

The following players were called up for 2024 Panda Cup from 7 November 2024 to 20 November 2024.^[5]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Liu Qiwei	(2005-12-21)21 December 2005 (aged 18)	Shandong Taishan
1GK	Yuan Jianrui	(2005-02-08)8 February 2005 (aged 19)	Shenzhen 2028
1GK	Zhang Haoran	(2006-07-18)18 July 2006 (aged 18)	Tianjin Jinmen Tiger

2DF	Peng Xiao	(2005-07-28)28 July 2005 (aged 19)	Shandong Taishan
2DF	Shi Songchen	(2005-12-30)30 December 2005 (aged 18)	Shandong Taishan
2DF	Imran Memet	(2005-05-03)3 May 2005 (aged 19)	Shandong Taishan
2DF	He Yiran	(2005-02-17)17 February 2005 (aged 19)	Changchun Yatai
2DF	Xu Junchi	(2005-01-09)9 January 2005 (aged 19)	Shijiazhuang Gongfu
2DF	Alex Yang	(2005-06-03)3 June 2005 (aged 19)	CE L'Hospitalet
2DF	Yu Tianle	(2005-10-28)28 October 2005 (aged 19)	Hubei Istar
2DF	Yu Guize	(2005-02-28)28 February 2005 (aged 19)	ND Gorica
2DF	Huang Ming	(2005-05-28)28 May 2005 (aged 19)	Shanghai Shenhua

3MF	Tang Rui	(2005-07-12)12 July 2005 (aged 19)	Shandong Taishan
3MF	Chen Zeshi	(2005-02-21)21 February 2005 (aged 19)	Shandong Taishan
3MF	Bai Yutao	(2006-12-08)8 December 2006 (aged 17)	Guangzhou FC
3MF	Zhang Zhixiong	(2006-09-17)17 September 2006 (aged 18)	Guangzhou FC
3MF	Wang Yifan	(2005-01-11)11 January 2005 (aged 19)	Shanghai Shenhua
3MF	Xiong Jizheng	(2005-05-16)16 May 2005 (aged 19)	Wuhan Three Towns
3MF	Chen Shihan	(2005-05-11)11 May 2005 (aged 19)	Union Rochefortoise
3MF	Mao Weijie	(2005-05-28)28 May 2005 (aged 19)	Dalian Young Boy

4FW	Zhu Pengyu	(2005-05-09)9 May 2005 (aged 18)	Dalian Young Boy
4FW	Du Yuezheng	(2005-09-14)14 September 2005 (aged 18)	Marbella FC

List of head coaches

Manage records only includes International Country results

#	Name	Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win %	Achievements
1	A Joseph	1954 - 1955	1	1	0	0	3	2	100%
2	Nian Weisi	1966 - 1971	13	2	8	3	12	21	15.83%	3rd place at the 1966 AFC Youth Championship
3	Sun Baorong	1972 – 1973	4	2	1	1	12	8	50.00%
4	Chen Chengda	1974	6	3	1	2	7	9	50.00%
5	Zhang Honggen	1975 – 1976	9	3	4	2	13	9	33.33%
6	Xian Dihong	1976	1	0	0	1	2	3	0
7	Zhang Shixun	1976	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
8	Chen Jiagen	1977	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
9	Zhang Honggen	1977	3	2	1	0	4	2	66.67%
10	Chen Jiagen (2nd time)	1978	6	2	0	4	7	9	33.33%
11	Zhang Junxiu	1978	6	1	0	5	3	12	16.67%
12	Xian Dixiong (2nd time)	1979	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
13	Shao Xiankang	1980	4	1	0	3	1	19	25.00%
14	Zhang Junxiu (2nd time)	1980	4	2	0	2	13	4	50.00%
15	Gao Fengwen	1981 - 1983	18	12	3	3	32	17	66.67%	Runners-up of the 1982 AFC Youth Championship first round of the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship
	Xie Hongjun	1983 (U-19)	4	1	0	3	3	7	25.00%
	Li Chuanqi	1983 (U-18)	5	1	0	4	3	17	20.00%
16	Zhang Zhicheng	1984 - 1986	32	18	4	10	63	23	56.25%	Champions of the 1985 AFC Youth Championship Quarter final of the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
17	Liu Minxin	1986 - 1988	21	15	2	4	58	20	71.43%
18	Chen Xirong	1988 - 1990	23	12	3	8	53	20	52.17%
19	Zhu Guanghu	1991 - 1992	7	2	3	2	9	9	28.57%
20	Zhang Zhicheng (2nd time)	1993 - 1994	2	1	0	1	2	2	50.00%
21	Gai Zengchen	1995 - 1996	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
22	Tang Pengju	1996 - 1997	14	11	1	2	48	16	78.57%	Runners-up of the 1996 AFC Youth Championship
23	Zhu Guanghu (2nd time)	1997 - 1998	24	7	7	10	30	27	29.17%	First round of the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship
24	Chen Jingang	1998	4	1	1	2	7	8	25.00%
25	Keith Blunt	1999	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
26	Shen Xiangfu	2000 - 2001	27	13	5	9	46	29	48.15%	3rd place at the 2000 AFC Youth Championship Round of 16 of the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
27	Wang Baoshan	2001 - 2002	8	4	2	2	15	13	50.00%
28	Jia Xiuquan	2003 - 2004	6	5	1	0	17	2	83.33%
29	Yin Tiesheng	2004 - 2005	18	9	4	5	21	12	50.00%	Runners-up at the 2004 AFC Youth Championship
30	Eckhard Krautzun	2005	8	4	1	3	16	13	50.00%	Round of 16 of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
	Jia Xiuquan	2006 (U-21)	5	4	0	1	12	4	80.00%
31	Jia Xiuquan (2nd time)	2005 – 2006	17	10	3	3	48	19	58.82%
32	Liu Chunming	2007 – 2008	26	12	7	7	53	20	46.15%
33	Su Maozhen	2009 – 2011
34	Jan Olde Riekerink	2011 – 2012
35	Luis Manuel Blanco	2012
36	Li Bing	2013 - 2014
37	Zheng Xiong (Caretaker)	2014
38	Li Ming	2015 – 2018
39	Cheng Yaodong	2018 –

Notes

^ Nationalist China take part in AFC Youth Championship 1959 to 1974, not China PR.

References

^ Bartlett, Evan (22 June 2017). "Chinese U20 team set to become newest member of German fourth division". The Independent. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
^ "China under-20s protest Tibetan flags at friendly in Germany". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 18 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
^ "Freundschaftsspiele mit chinesischer U 20 werden nicht fortgesetzt". dfb. 22 December 2017.
^ "足协宣布组建U19黄队扬戈维奇出任球队主教练". Sina. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
^ "4名留洋小将入选U19国足征战"熊猫杯"" (in Chinese (China)). 青瞳视角. 5 November 2024.

External links

Chinese Football Association Official Website (in Chinese)
Team China Official Website Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
Profile on FIFA
Profile on AFC

[5] Nationalist China take part in AFC Youth Championship 1959 to 1974, not China PR.

[1] Bartlett, Evan (22 June 2017). "Chinese U20 team set to become newest member of German fourth division". The Independent. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

[2] "China under-20s protest Tibetan flags at friendly in Germany". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 18 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

[3] "Freundschaftsspiele mit chinesischer U 20 werden nicht fortgesetzt". dfb. 22 December 2017.

[4] "足协宣布组建U19黄队扬戈维奇出任球队主教练". Sina. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

[6] "4名留洋小将入选U19国足征战"熊猫杯"" (in Chinese (China)). 青瞳视角. 5 November 2024.

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AFC U-20 Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA